Tucker in Feb. 2007 Issue of Collectable Automobile!

[Tuckerfan1053]

Just picked up my copy tonight. The article is called Automotive Safety in the Pre-Nader Years. The photos are of a silver Tucker owned by Dave Cammack. It's an interesting read, and though it points out that Tucker was one of the first to make safety a selling point of his cars, it focuses on the Big Three makes almost exclusively. There's some mention of Nash, but nothing of Packard, who advertised themselves as a "safety car" in the 1920s, nor is there any mention of Sir Vival, which was a school teacher's attempt in the early 1950s to build a "safety car." And some of the information on Tuckers is inaccurate (it says that the Tucker doesn't have a uni-body construction, it does, it's just welded to a conventional frame for further strength and that 1027 was the only car to be wrecked). They also lowball the value of a pristine Tucker at a "mere" $400K.

In their scale automobile section, they mention several companies making die cast models of Tuckers, as well as a company called Wheat's Nostalgia Memory Models that sells a resin bodied version.

[tucker46]

I have a 1928 Stutz Blackhawk. This car was known mainly for it's speed with the straight 8 dual ignition overhead cam engine and particurally safety features. It has the first safety glass with thin wires running through the glass. It's very low to the ground for a '28 model so it cannot tip over around curves and they beefed up the frame to include the running boards, etc. to stop side impacts. The car has a pretty lady hood orniment called "RA". She is a Egyptian Goddess for Sun and Safety and the mother to Cleopatria. This car has beautiful wood inside with a silver dash with little pictures of "RA" engraved in it. Not many of these cars left because in prohibition days they ran moonshine in them because they were the fastest, safest cars around. Just a little more safety history. Walter

[Tuckerfan1053]

Fascinating. I remember seeing a Stutz Bearcat when I was a little kid and thinking that it was a really cool car.. It's a shame that the attempted revival of the brand yielded such an ugly beast.

[TuckerCar]

Looks like Wheat's sells completed versions of the Modelhaus Tuckers.

http://www.wheatsnostalgia.com/index.ph ... 0&year2=99